Ancient mosaic in Turkey undergoes new conservation as experts work to preserve rare 5th-century artwork with optical ...

During excavation of a well at a house in western Syria, a lucky discovery turned up an ancient mosaic — depicting the Greek ...

a colorful mosaic carpet was revealed, ornamented with geometric motifs.” Excavations uncovered the mosaic near the remains of an ancient industrial district. Assaf Peretz / Israel Antiquities ...

A sprawling, centuries-old mosaic was recently unearthed in Syria, shedding light onto life under Roman rule. The ancient ...

When stains had to be cleaned from a mosaic that once decorated a lavish pleasure vessel from the first century, they were not remnants from the debauched revelries that the murderous and sex-crazed ...

"These are the most beautiful mosaic floors discovered in Gaza, both in terms of the quality of the graphic representation and the complexity of the geometry," said René Elter, an archeologist ...

[The mosaic is] is the first of its kind to have ... There may be larger mosaics elsewhere in Turkey, but those consist of geometric patterns or mythological subjects,” says Emre Çayır ...